About the flag

The flag and coat of arms (which in the center of the flag) is adopted in
19th of October 2000, by the order #1046 of Kostroma oblast legislative body.
By the law of Kostroma oblast from 19th of October, the flag was given the
lawfull status. There were special comission assigned to design the flag.
They all have common responsibilities for their decision.Vad Repin, 17 Nov 2000

Flag has blue vertical stripe 1/8 of the flag long. In the red part he
draw (centered in this red part) the arms, occuping 1/3 of the height. I
dont know as accurate is the image.Jaume Ollé, 02 Sep 2003

Coat of arms

The coat-or-arms shows a galera (a ship with rows and sail) with a
white sail and hoisting the imperial flag.
According to the Russian TV channel Kulhtura, this coat of arms was
granted by Catherine the Great, later taken away by her son, and readopted on
1992.António Martins, 21 Dec 1999 and 23 Jan 2001

Only one Emperor’s Standard (yellow with
black eagle with maps in his claws) existed in times of Catherine the
Great. She used it. Kostroma (city on Volga River) have the arms: «Azure,
a ship of Catherine the Great with Emperor’s Standard on
main-mast».Victor Lomantsov, 02 Jun 2000

Historical coat of arms?

A Kostroma coat of arms was shown (on Russian
TV channel Kulhtura), quartered with a six
pointed star on 1 and 4 and a crescent on 2 and 3,
but each qurter had different metals and tints (I
can’t say which because the picture was black and
white). This was, if I understood correctly, the
provincial coat of arms of Kostroma, prior to 1917.António Martins, 21 Dec 1999